Chapter 481 — How Am I Supposed to Repay It?
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"Joking, what joke? Do I look like I'm joking?" As Tang Zhi spoke, thinking of today's heartbreak piled on top of the grievance she was enduring now, her eyes reddened and the tears came, heedless of her pride.
"This..." Mother Tang was at a loss seeing her daughter cry. Snobbish as she was, her heart was ultimately with Tang Zhi. She hurried to take her daughter in her arms. "There, there, Yun'er, don't cry... if it's a breakup, then it's a breakup. I said long ago he was no good, a spoiled rich young master, a wolf with a dog's heart..."
Hearing her mother say this, Tang Zhi found it rather funny, and her tears gave way to laughter despite herself. "Mom, didn't you used to say he was good?"
"What? I..." Mother Tang was momentarily embarrassed. "Yun'er, did he take any advantage of you?"
"No..." Tang Zhi shook her head. "I told him that before he took me to meet his parents, it wasn't allowed..."
"Good, then, good!" Mother Tang was instantly overjoyed. "Since he didn't take advantage, then let it go. We've gotten seven hundred thousand for nothing — that's a huge profit!"
"Mom, what are you saying! That money has to be returned to him!" Tang Zhi panicked at once, hearing that her mother meant to keep Wei Zhao's money. "How could I owe him that much and not pay it back?"
"And why not? He's the one who threw you over, not the other way round. Besides, what he gave you was a breakup payment — it's only right that we take it!" Mother Tang said, wholly unconcerned.
Xiaowei was dumbstruck at this point. He had never imagined that his sister and Wei Zhao had already broken up. He had been counting on her to borrow the money, but now...
"Sis, then what's to become of my problem..." Xiaowei hung his head dejectedly, and beside him Xiaodan's face was full of despair.
"Xiaowei, don't worry. Auntie won't buy the shopfront — we'll use the money for you first!" Though snobbish, Mother Tang was not the cold and heartless sort; toward her family she was generous. "Even if Auntie has to struggle, I can't let you and Xiaodan suffer. Here's what we'll do — in a little while, you take the money over to them first!"
"Mom! You still want to touch that money? I already told you, it has to go back to Wei Zhao!" Tang Zhi grew anxious at once. She had told Feng Xiaoxiao that very day that she would return the money to Wei Zhao—how could they still be talking about using it?
"A breakup fee is naturally yours to keep! Do you want to watch your brother go down a dead end?" Mother Tang glared at Tang Zhi. "It's good enough that he isn't asking for another sum—and you want to give it back to him?"
"I..." Tang Zhi was struck mute. Yes, the money had to be returned, but Xiaowei's troubles could not be ignored either. What was she to do? Yet if she truly took this money with a clear conscience, what would Wei Zhao think of her? He would surely look down on her, and Feng Xiaoxiao would certainly mock her for being vain and greedy while pretending to be above it all...
For a moment, Tang Zhi found herself caught in a dilemma.
"Yun'er, why are you so foolish? He toyed with you—isn't it only natural that he pays?" Mother Tang snorted.
"Toyed with? Mom, must you say it so crudely..." Tang Zhi flushed at once.